Monday: If you want exclusives, Marie Phillips reads from her as-yet untitled and unfinished new novel at To Hell With The Lighthouse (7.30pm, free). Debut novelists Anjali Joseph and Jean Hannah Edelstein read from their work and the new magazine Fat Quarter gets a launch.

The Gruntlers get busy with poetry, music and film at the Poetry Cafe (7pm, £5 / £3). David Parry hosts.

Tuesday: The Flow Festival at the Free Word Centre starts with a human crossword (4pm, free) and a literary quiz at the Betsey Trotwood (7pm, £1 per player).

Seamus Heaney reads from his new collection, Human Chain, at the Southbank Centre (7.30pm, £12).

Crime novelist Jed Rubenfeld is at Foyles, your only chance to see him in London (6.30pm, free but email to reserve a place).